Sanitary Sewer Leak in Wisconsin Rapids

Thursday, April 14th, 2022 -- 9:00 AM

On April 10th, at approximately 8:00 a.m., a sanitary sewer force main cracked and overflowed onto the street and into the storm sewer at the intersection of 1st Street South and Pepper Avenue in Wisconsin Rapids.

Wastewater Treatment Plant staff immediately undertook efforts to redirect the force main flow and the overflow was stopped at 8:30 a.m. Approximately 1,500 gallons of sanitary sewer flowed into the storm sewer.

The storm sewer runs to One Mile Creek. On April 11th, the intersection was excavated, the pipe was repaired, and normal operations resumed at approximately 10:00 a.m.

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